- WWCK (AM)
Infobox Radio station
name = WWCK
city =Flint, Michigan
area = [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WWCK&service=AM&status=L&hours=D] (Daytime)
[http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WWCK&service=AM&status=L&hours=N] (Nighttime)
branding = SuperTalk 1570
slogan =
airdate =November 11 ,1946
frequency = 1570kHz
format = Talk
power = 1,000watt s (Daytime)
179watt s (Nighttime)
class = D
facility_id = 39679
coordinates = coord|43|00|39|N|83|39|2|W|type:landmark
callsign_meaning = reminiscent of CKLW
former_callsigns = WGMZ (6/18/84-5/17/86)
WWMN (1/1/81-6/18/84)
WLQB (1976-1/1/81)
WCZN (1971-1976)
WMRP (1946-1971)
owner =Cumulus Broadcasting
sister_stations =WDZZ ,WRSR ,WWCK-FM
webcast =
website = [http://supertalk1570.com/ http://supertalk1570.com/]
affiliations =WWCK (1570 AM, "SuperTalk 1570") is a
radio station inFlint, Michigan broadcasting atalk radio format.The
Cumulus Media -owned station features a roster of mainly syndicated talk show hosts includingRush Limbaugh ,Michael Savage ,Neal Boortz , andCoast-to-Coast AM as well as local morning talk with Lou Lobsinger and news with Les Root. The station also simulcasts the audio ofWNEM-TV 's morning show, providing that coverage in the southern part of the area television market - WNEM-AM, which is owned by the television station, broadcasts from the Saginaw area.History
The station began operations on
November 11 ,1946 . As WMRP-AM (Methodist Radio Parish) in the 1960s, it served as a broadcast ministry of theUnited Methodist Church , featuring MOR music. The conservative owners of WMRP-AM and WMRP-FM 105.5 refused to allow any cigarette or alcohol advertising on the stations.The United Methodist Church withdrew support for WMRP-AM/FM in
1971 , and the stations were purchased that year by John W. Nogaj, who converted 105.5 toTop 40 and lateralbum rock as WWCK (the calls being a tribute to CKLW inWindsor, Ontario ) and installed acountry music format on AM 1570 with the new calls WCZN ("Your Country Cousin"). The country format was replaced byoldies as "Solid Gold 16" in1974 . In1975 , following the sale of WWCK and WCZN to Reams Broadcasting, WWCK-FM went full-time album rock, and WCZN picked up the Top 40 format. This was followed by religious programming as WLQB (1976), a female-oriented talk/adult contemporary format as WWMN (1981), andbeautiful music /easy listening as WGMZ (picking up the calls and format that were dropped by 107.9 FM when it becameWCRZ in1984 ).In
1986 , AM 1570 became WWCK-AM and began to simulcast WWCK-FM (which switched from album rock to CHR on January 1,1989 following the sale of the stations from Reams Broadcasting to Majac of Michigan). Originally a daytime-only station on a Mexican clear channel, a treaty signed between the American and Mexican governments allowed the station to broadcast full time at reduced power at night in 1986.Cumulus Media took control of WWCK-AM/FM in March 2000, and a year later, WWCK-AM dropped its simulcast of the FM station in favor of urban contemporary gospel music viaABC Radio 's "Rejoice - Musical Soul Food" network. The current Talk format was adopted onMarch 1 ,2004 , allowing Flint to once again have a News/Talk station of its own followingWFDF AM 910's move into the Detroit market and metamorphosis intoRadio Disney .Sources
* [http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-v/wwckam.html Michiguide.com - WWCK History]
External links
*AMQ|WWCK
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